Here are a few of this week's observations. Read the comments and calculate the migration rate for each. Record this fall's most impressive observations on your Fall 2006 Record Sheet. Add your favorites to your own Migration Highlights Map. (Don't forget: You can collect more observations from our migration maps and weekly updates.) Please report your sightings!

9/27/06 Boones Mill, VA
At 11:00 AM the second grade science class excitedly, observed 15 monarchs in about 10 minutes. They were flying in a westerly direction. We watched them fly from over the roof of the school, and then at about tree-top level.

09/26/06 York, ME
Observed approximately 300 monarchs flying through in a north to southwest direction. Approximate time was 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

09/26/06 Summit, AR
In a 15 minute time period, starting at 10:15 AM, 9 monarchs were sited. All were traveling in a southwestern direction.

9/26/06 Ventnor, New Jersey
As I sat on the Ventnor Boardwalk, I counted butterflies coming along the beach and the rooftops of the beach homes. I tallied butterflies for one hour beginning at 4:50pm and totaled 272 butterflies!

09/28/2006 Summit, AR
Between 3:45 and 4 PM this afternoon we counted 309 monarchs within our limited field of vision. We counted what we could see coming over the top of our house and through a group of trees to the east. The seemed to come in spurts. All were headed to the southwest

09/27/2006 Imperial, MO
Between the approximate time of 3:15 pm and 3:45 pm we sighted well over 1,000 monarch butterflies cross the north horizon, heading south.

09/25/2006 North Beach, NJ
An average of about 200 monarchs per hour going south from 10am to noon, dropping off to around 150 per hour from noon until 2pm. Observation site about 300 feet from Atlantic Ocean. Weather: high clouds, slight onshore breeze. Beach Goldenrod not in bloom yet, but close.

9/27/06 New York, New York
"While sitting in an outdoor cafe downtown I observed over 170 Monarchs from 2:50 pm until aprox 4:00 pm. Amazingly, they seemed to stay all along the Avenue and many appeared as high as the 5 story buildings."

9/27/06 Evansville, IN
At about noon today, Janet and Rita reported seeing approximately 25 Monarch butterflies flying south. They were spaced apart at about 30 second intervals. They were flying in a steady pattern. What fun to watch.

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